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hustle has 18 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
“The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”
move or cause to move energetically or busily
“The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance”
get by trying hard
“she hustled a free lunch from the waiter”
pressure or urge someone into an action
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hustle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.